Southern Ocean removing carbon dioxide from atmosphere more efficiently

Southern Ocean removing carbon dioxide from atmosphere more efficiently
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2015 - Since 2002, the Southern Ocean has been removing more of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to two new studies. These studies make use of millions of ship-based observations and a variety of data analysis techniques to conclude that that the Southern Ocean has increasingly taken up more carbon dioxide during the last 13 years. That follows a decade from the ea ... more

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